politics, patriotism and the nonsense of it

hi pal,

last monday morning i was woken-up as usual by the bbc's network africa's cock's-crow!

low and behold Kofi Annan was said to have given a lecture at the Mandela Series of Lectures or so and he was cautioning Africans to not accept 'black dictators' after chasing out the 'white dictators' but also come down hard on black dictators! true, i agree with you Kofi!! a dictator is a dictator!

that comment was broadly seem to be directed towards the case of Mugabe in Zimbabwe! i pinched my self hard not be believe i heard what was said like the way Kuffour says he does at the attraction of some kick-back to remind himself not to succumb to corruption waa waaa waaaa! but as much as i tried the news man just kept on with it. "according to Kofi Annan the former UN Secretary General...blah blah blah..."

so i said yoooooooooooo!
but what was that Kofi? were you not alive when the war broke out in Samuel Doe's Liberia? how about the chase of Mobutu out of his Zaire? In your own Ghana Kofi, even Nkrumah the Osagyefo (who was forced by his detractors to employ some evil tactics) was overthrown by some CIA agents of our land! then of course followed the many overthrow after overthrow! i want Kofi to be reminded that Africans have not been so accommodating of 'black dictators' while making sure the 'white dictators' were just kicked out!

so what? so if is that you want Zimbabweans to uproot Mugabe say so! if you want a coupe say it? some distant part of me wants to believe that's not what you intend! maybe you just wanted us to do some academic tickling of our brains...but hey! you are still human with desires which i can't take away from you...so well! and i thought you were a champion of the so called democracy...well maybe i need to revise my notes.

i would rather you take your time to study the Zimbabwean experience carefully before making such comments Kofi and don't be like Kuffour who thinks Zimbabwe is an embarrassment to Africa whilst acts of human rights' violations which are happening in Zimbabwe are also happening in Ghana!

for me, the Zimbabwean experience presents a classical case of the urgent need for all Africa to unite! and it would be heart-warming if you channeled your energy in that direction Kofi. Try!!

and what is Kuffour also talking about patriotism? is he more patriotic than any man or woman bearing the Ghanaian label (as he) who thinks his (Kuffour's) Government has failed Ghanaians as far as the energy situation is concerned? what sheer nonsense!

Kuffour visited Akosombo and some reports say he rallied the nation to tackle the energy problem... i say correct; however late your call Mr. prezzzzzzzzzzzzz...! ...but at the same time he called people unpatriotic for making politics out of the energy problem. i say wrong!

and who says the energy situation is not a political issue! i don't understand this JAK of a prez who i think clearly does not understand himself. what is political? standing on platforms and declaring oneself to be the champion messiah of the people and for which reason one should be voted into power? and what is not political? analysing the Ghana energy situation and believing that the 'kuffused' administration of the day has failed? this man can't be serious!

Pal dear, there's always something to laugh about you know! have you been to see Concert Party at the theatre lately? Over the last weekend some women (they call themselves 'Women's Aglow' and Gifty Afenyi Dadzie of the Council of State is their president or so) decided to hold a national prayer session to thank God for the oil find. And i saw on TV the presidential press secretary Andrew Awuni leading and charging like some possessed pastor, declaring something like: "Aammennnnnnnn!....we've gaAttttt to thank Gaad...ddddddd... for oillllllllllllll.... we've gaAttttt ... to ... we've gaAtttttttt...to.... Aaaaaaaaaaamennnnnnnnnnn!

Amen pal, Amen!

SCARRY...CONTRACT OR PLANNED?

pad dear,

i am scared!

people are being gunned down in Ghana and it all feels scarry! but no! i'm not really scarred! i'm just a little scared.

that's not the point here really pal. i hear some crazy headed man says we should call the killings 'PLANNED KILLINGS' but not 'CONTRACT KILLINGS' as the news-mongers have picked up, else others might learn the ways of contract killings and hit town. hehehehehe... i'm laughing!

pal this is not a laughing matter at all! so don't laugh. just yesterday i was with this taxi driver who was blaming the issue on the craze Ghanaians have developed for NIGERIAN MOVIES!...violent scenes...WHAT? well, but seriously that could not be a serious analysis of the situation! tofiakwa...!

so someone tell the man called Atefua to stop disturbing our ears about a killing that has been planned! he can't be serious at all! that one people won't learn how to do it or what? what really is the point from this man? aah! stupid!

i pray we ignore all the noise and zoom to nip these contract or planned killings quickly! did i say that...well i don't really get the point about the contract or planned. what's important is that we get to the bottom of it.

may we live pal! may Ghana be safe!

musical chairs

pal oh pal,

it's always a delight to share some sense or nonsense with you!

today i actually wanted to share my impressions about the 'no-show' 'Grand Debate on Union Government' by our so-called African prezs at the Accra AU summit under the 'chairmanship of kuffour'. but something musical is taking my fancy ...away!

but you know, don't worry at all. i will surely make time to tell you why i was not disappointed like others AT ALL about the 'nonsense' outcome of that clear waste of our sweat and blood! uuuhuh!!!

so what is it that is making the news in Ghana? some report has it that we must pray the oracles not to shut down our dear akosombo dam. Else we will suffer deserved our undeserved lack of electrical power! i pray not pal, i pray not!!!

and they say some two british teenagers -16 yr olds- too had themselves convinced by one Ghanaman living in the UK and had them transported to Ghana to collect two concaine bags --or no! two laptop bags containing cocaine and nothing but cocaine! and they were supposed to have delivered this to our dear Ghanaman back in the UK. but the oracles did not permit that. they were found out at the Kotoka International Airport. so where is the Ghanaman? he must certainly be in some little hole somewhere. they must catch him too. don't ask me who must?

yeah...and the most musical of all? our JAK of a prez pal, our JAK!!! i don't know but he seems to have taken some music lessons lately and is finding it not easy coming out with an album. "Hit the G-clef JAK, hit it!" that's where the clue is! and that's what i would tell him if he sought my counsel. hahahahaa

see pal? this our JAK warns his ministers (called the G8 ministers) to resign or risk being sacked if they show or want (or what is it?) to slug it out in the NPP presidential race! and then what happens? they ignore him for sometime. HE comes out again at them and this time the AU summit was just around the corner! tricky one there! well, HE realizes somehow the air around his balls became hotter than normal so declares some window of opportunity for fresh air i think! HE says, oh you guys hold on a bit till the AU summit is over! one Jake whose surname somewhat translates into "child of the one who has no father" decides rather that he's had enough. He resigns!!!

So the AU summit comes and goes without me getting the least disappointed at the 'nonsense' outcome; and then the noise starts again. The ministers then present their resignation letters or so they say and my man apparently was not prepared! and so he says 'oh you guys koraaaaaa, ok. i've got your letters and accepted them but you hold on till i get parliament to vet and pass my replacements for you!'. pal oh pal! i don't know but me think that this whole SHIT freaks me out.

much love to Africa pal.

see you when i next do.

Cheers!